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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Making Do With The Monarchy
Heart and head are split over the monarchy. The moral case for a Republic is unassailable, yet I was filled with delight at yesterday’s pageantry. How to rationalise this? I think it’s a form of what we call Making The … Continue reading
Self Portrait Death Photos
Our culture continues to be defined by the screen and the lens. The works of Marshall McLuhan and Andy Warhol remain disturbingly current. Politics continues to be defined by image, not ideas, to the extent that the Leader of the … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Visual
Tagged Evening Standard, fame, photography, Tim Hetherington, Warhol
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Shirky’s Third Way
Here’s Clay Shirky in Cognitive Surplus, discussing differing views on human behaviour and how that affects political ideology: Assumptions that people are selfish can become self-fulfilling prophecies, creating systems that provide lots of individual freedom to act but not a … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Philosophy
Tagged Big Society, Clay Shirky, collaboration, Internet Philosophy, Third Way
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Free Eynulla Fatullayev
Yesterday, English PEN took part in a demonstration with other free speech organisations outside the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan. We demanded the release of Eynulla Fatullayev, and editor who was imprisoned for defamation of the state (i.e. criticising … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights
Tagged Azerbaijan, English PEN, Eynulla Fatullayev, free speech
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The Psychology of our Immigration Unease
Acknowledging our discomfort over migrants is the start of a conversation about ourselves, not an argument for immigration control. Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Multiculturalism
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Kate’s Confirmation Churnalism
Last weekend I made the assertion that Kate Middleton’s confirmation had been subjected to a press strategy, and was thus an appropriate topic for debate and conversation on the blogs. I realised I had not actually linked to any online … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Monarchy
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War Horse on Broadway
The making of War Horse – projection and animation from 59 Productions on Vimeo. Tenacious readers will recall that I had some small involvement in War Horse, the preposterously successful National Theatre production that transferred to the West End, and … Continue reading
Posted in Theatre
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Some Words on Primogeniture
Primogentiture is the right of the first born to inherit titles, estates and thrones. At present the UK has a form of male primogeniture, which sets the Duke of York and Prince Edward above the older Princess Anne in the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Liberal Democrats, Monarchy, UK
Tagged History, monarchy, Primogeniture, Women's Rights
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Kate Middleton insults the Church
Many wry smiles and twittered Lolz at the news this week that Kate Middleton has been confirmed into the Church of England. Is it appropriate for a British subject such as myself to comment on our Queen-elect’s faith choices? Probably … Continue reading
Posted in Monarchy
Tagged Anglicanism, faith, hypocrisy, Kate Middleton, monarchy, Prince William, Religion, Royal Wedding
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